I love every song on GH. Endless is such a beautiful song IMO, a real trip, the first song Paul and Jeff wrote together and one of the last songs they recorded. I think I would go as far to say it really sums up life, or how I feel about my life at least. For me Endless is the deepest song I've ever heard from Racer X. And I have heard every Racer X song. I don't skip a single track when listening to GH, I actually dig it more than Street Lethal.

As for songs on that album. Bucket Of Rocks and Empty Man have the most meaning...since I know what they're about. Bucket Of Rocks, is how Jeff views his career. And Empty Man, is how he feels when he experiences depression....many songs touch on that....Snakebite being another.

Siren's Eye....Jeff's daughter Madison came up with the title.

Go GG Go is a license plate on a Mercedes Benz that Jeff saw up in Tahoe. He's never seen it since.

Golden God...obviously about Elvis, but the title came from StringSkipper.

Endless...Jeff talking about being on the road.

Dr. X is a movie.

Lucifer's Hammer is a motorcycle from the 20's or 30's...I forget.

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Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:31 am

Refried Bean

Viking Kong

Joined: Mon Jan 03, 2005 3:20 amPosts: 6727

KenHower wrote:

Refried Bean wrote:

I am not surprised to not see any songs from Getting Heavier. I like Lucifer's Hammer a lot. It's a good song.

As for songs on that album. Bucket Of Rocks and Empty Man have the most meaning...since I know what they're about. Bucket Of Rocks, is how Jeff views his career. And Empty Man, is how he feels when he experiences depression....many songs touch on that....Snakebite being another.

Siren's Eye....Jeff's daughter Madison came up with the title.

Go GG Go is a license plate on a Mercedes Benz that Jeff saw up in Tahoe. He's never seen it since.

Golden God...obviously about Elvis, but the title came from StringSkipper.

Endless...Jeff talking about being on the road.

Dr. X is a movie.

Lucifer's Hammer is a motorcycle from the 20's or 30's...I forget.

Wow. Very cool facts Ken. Thanks!

I forgot to add Dr. X too! I loved that song when I heard it. It was the first Racer X song I tried to learn by ear for guitar!

Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:18 am

Pao

Unt! I'm a Moderator.

Joined: Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:07 amPosts: 7453

OOohhhh noooo ooohhhh noooo scaarrriiinnggg the shiiitt out of meeeeee

I don't really like ghost dance or endless. I like it better when Racer X rocks my socks off.

I truly wish Golden God makes it to the set list too, it's one of my favorite RX songs.

GH is truly an awesome album, I'm really surprised someone could hate it completely, even for those who felt "let down" by the album when they expected something like Superheroes, they can't totally hate it, there's gotta be something they like in GH. I mean it's got some really great tunes, just because they don't resemble what Racer X usually sounds like doesn't mean they're bad. Those who hated it probably did because of their disapointment. You guys should give GH another shot. Personally, when I listened to GH I was expecting something different, since I've read so many threads about it... and since I listened to the album from that perspective, it worked for me, I love that album.

Same here, it was my first Racer X record, and at first I didn't like it too much just because I compared it to the tracks I'd heard from Superheroes. It grew on me though, and to this day, I really love it.

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Really digging on Michael Hedges. And Shawn Lane. And Pat Metheny.

Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:54 pm

Baz

Superhero

Joined: Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:39 pmPosts: 1571Location: Scotland

Personally I would love to see a good balance of some of the crazier old skool tunes (Motorman, Gone Too Far, Sacrifice seems to be getting a lot of votes too) and some ball crushing riffs from the later records, really BIG sounding songs like Time Before The Sun and God Of The Sun.

Tue Dec 02, 2008 2:09 pm

Simon

God Of The Sun

Joined: Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:43 amPosts: 2041Location: Almada, Portugal

SambaBoy wrote:

EricF wrote:

Refried Bean wrote:

I am not surprised to not see any songs from Getting Heavier. I like Lucifer's Hammer a lot. It's a good song.

Same here, it was my first Racer X record, and at first I didn't like it too much just because I compared it to the tracks I'd heard from Superheroes. It grew on me though, and to this day, I really love it.

Same here too. And it was also my first Racer X record. I honestly wish they'd play it in its entirety live (someday, in a not too far future) because i think there isn't any song on the album that you can say that it sucks. For me, i'd say GH is a very consistent album.

And tracks like Lucifer's Hammer, Catapult to Extinction, Golden God, Dr. X, Bucket of Rocks KICK ASS! Oh and there's Empty Man with its fantastic intro riff, one of the best riffs of any RX song, imo.

...man, i want to see Racer X live .

Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:55 pm

Zae

Viking Kong

Joined: Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:37 pmPosts: 5165Location: London

I'd like some Getting Heavier on the new show. They haven't done a show with those songs.

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Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:18 pm

Sir Robin

Viking Kong

Joined: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:07 pmPosts: 5559Location: Bra-silk

They actually have, but only in Japan.

Well, Paul mention on his website to this show as a one-time concert.
C`mon guys! We cannot let this happen!

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JeffMartin wrote:

Incredibly cool artwork.You're hired. For what...I have no clue.

Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:28 pm

Booligan

Godzilla

Joined: Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:25 pmPosts: 656Location: Helsinki

yeah Lucifer´s Hammer would be amazing. GH is a great record if you listen to it as a heavy metal album INSTEAD of giving it the RX tag. It´s not a bad album but when you think it as a RX album, it´s a bit of a let down. If you listen to it as a heavy metal album by four dudes, it kicks major butt.

I belive those pics that are on the website from Japan concerts( still wearing superheroes clothes, but PG has short hair) are from a tour they did to promoote GH.

If not, my bad!

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JeffMartin wrote:

Incredibly cool artwork.You're hired. For what...I have no clue.

Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:54 pm

Ryan

Viking Kong

Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2002 7:25 pmPosts: 8625Location: Maryland, U.S.

There aren't a lot of Racer X songs that I dislike. If I had a say, I'd like for there to be a 3:2:1 ratio of songs played from the 1980s, early 2000, and the Getting Heavier album. In other words, for every three songs on the set from the '80s, there are two from Technical Difficulties and Superheroes, and one from Getting Heavier. That is spelling it out mathematically. I'm not picky, though. I would like to hear the band play "Set the World on Fire," though. That's one of my favorites--such a bad-ass chorus.

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Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:15 pm

Acid Wire

Viking Kong

Joined: Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:10 amPosts: 5299Location: France

Set the world on fire is one of my favorite tunes too... but I prefer She wants control.. that's a badass tune.

Set the world on fire is one of my favorite tunes too... but I prefer She wants control.. that's a badass tune.

I like them both but I'm with Acid. She Wants Control is awesome.

Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:17 am

mattanna

Dr. X

Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:02 pmPosts: 205Location: England, UK

For me it would be

Heart of a lion
living the hard way
OHB
Technical difficulties
Golden God
Street lethal
Superheroes
Bolt in my heart
king of the monsters
Godzilla
Time before the sun
Evil joe
Fire of rock
Let the spirit fly

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